Once the two of them pushed the big door open in the light pink hallway, they found a light blue gate up ahead. This room, however, was neither a pink or light blue. The ground and the walls were gray. There was a Save Block in the room, so Chopper hit it, but there was also something else in the room as well. They could both see a tall pedestal with a sleeping Thwomp. Nothing else seemed to be around but that.

"Hmmm? What's that over there? It looks like some…statue! What do you think we should do?" Chopper wondered before noticing Vivian was still holding onto his hand.

"Hey, I remember seeing a statue like this when I visited Schwonk Fortress by Petalburg," Vivian recalled as she floated over to the pedestal while dragging Chopper. "This statue was just sleeping here. Or maybe it doesn't move. Hmmm…"

"Uh… You know you can let go of my hand." Chopper mentioned. Vivian noticed she was holding onto his hand and let go.

"Honestly, I haven't held someone's hand in a long time," the young Shadow Siren giggled.

"And I haven't held a girl's hand in a long time either! So that means we're... You know, I have no idea what this topic even has to do with the adventure..."

"That's true. We should focus on getting the Crystal Star.

"Right! Now let's take a look at this statue." Chopper walked over to it and once he touched it, the room began to shake violently, making Chopper fall over. Vivian, on the other hand, didn't have a problem with staying up, because she's a shadow being. But once the shaking stopped and Chopper got up, the Thwomp's eyes opened as it noticed the two.

"Mmmm hmmm hoo ha ha! Well now, what do we have here?" the Thwomp chortled. "A small pale green boy and some ghost girl? You're the first contestants I've seen in a while. If you've come all the way here to this gateway from Music Kingdom, I suppose you want the Music Key to unlock the gate."

"Music Keys? Well I guess if that's what we need to unlock the gate, then yes!" Chopper nodded.

"Hmph… Well if THAT'S the case, then you must compete against me. If you win, I'll let you have the Music Key to unlock the gate. However, if you lose, you will suffer a terrible fate. And by "terrible," I mean awful. Mmmm hmmm hoo ha ha! So? What do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do? I'll take you on! Vivian and I got this in the bag!" Chopper got in his fighting stance and Vivian had her fists clenched, ready to make an attack on the Thwomp.

"Mmmm hmmm hoo ha ha! You're in for it now!" the background suddenly changed to a checkered blue color and the Thwomp had a microphone by him and was wearing a red bow-tie with white polka dots. Chopper and Vivian were by a red stand as they lowered their arms while confused.

"What the… No fights? No battle music?! NO STAR POINTS?!" Chopper gaped.

"This is odd… Why are we in a game show?" Vivian wondered. "This reminds me of when I was at a fortress and there was some kind of game show! But why is that Thwomp wearing a bow-tie?"

"I honestly have no idea..."

"Hey HEY, ladies and germs!" the Thwomp announced. "Welcome, everybody, to the 67th Super Fun Quirk Quiz! Perk up those ears! If you correctly answer five of the following questions, you win! But get three of 'em wrong, and you'll suffer a cruel and unusual punishment!"

"Umm… OK? Wait, cruel an unusual punishment? Isn't that illegal?" Chopper gaped as he was ignored.

"Now…for the first question! What's hidden in this place?"

"Music Keys?" Chopper gawked. "I mean, I guess so..."

"Is that your REAL answer? Are you suuuuuuuuure?"

Chopper nodded, which triggered a ding in the background, making the Thwomp spin around angrily, since he didn't want Chopper to get that answer right.

"AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH! That's…correct!" the Thwomp gawked. "That question was too easy… But it only gets harder from here! Much harder! …So prepare yourself! On to question two! What kind of shampoo do I use in the shower?"

"Wait, what? What kind of question is THAT?! It doesn't even make sense! We were never told that!"

"Honestly, that's not a fair question to ask..."

"You got three seconds!"

"Ummmmmmm... TOAST!"

Unfortunately, he ended up getting the answer wrong (not much of a surprise anyway), making the Thwomp cackle.

"Mmmm hmmm hoo ha ha! WRONG! Wrong wrong wrong! You fools! Remember: if you get three wrong, you're going to suffer like you wouldn't believe! Mmmm hmmm hoo ha ha! Don't let the pressure get to you!"

"Dude... You do know that that was rigged..."

"Moving on! Question three! What are the names of Vivian's sisters?"

"Beldam and Marilyn!"

Of course, they weren't too surprised to see the Thwomp spin around and have another episode.

"AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH! That's…correct! That question was too easy… But it only gets harder from here! Much harder! …So prepare yourself!"

"At least that wasn't rigged," Vivian sighed. "But how does he know about my sisters?"

"We're not done yet, folks! Question four! Tell me, now! Where is the Crystal Star?"

"It's at Toy Kingdom right now," Chopper answered.

Vivian smiled when she heard the dinging, as the Thwomp got angry again. "AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH! That's…correct! That question was too easy… But it only gets harder from here! Much harder! …So prepare yourself!"

"Yeah, sure. We'll prepare ourselves. This really isn't hard, if you ask me." Chopper face palmed as Vivian nodded in agreement.

"That's what you think… Are you ready for the diabolical question five? How can one get to the Music Kingdom?"

"That's not too hard..." Vivian trailed.

"You take the Rainbow Train?" Chopper pondered. "I know there's a red pipe in Rogueport Sewers that allowed me to go there with a pipe."

They heard another happy ding as the Thwomp spun around in anger.

"AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH! Right again!" the Thwomp growled. "Tell me you didn't just get your fourth right answer! It can't be true! That's it! I'm making the rest of these near impossible! Get ready for brain pain!"

"Oh, goody... This should be fun..."

"On to question six! Which of the following creatures…can fly? A Waddle Dee? A Goomba? A Buzz Bomber? Or a Koopa Troopa?"

"Well, a Buzz Bomber can fly, that's for sure," Chopper answered.

"Is that your REAL answer? Are you suuuuuuuuure?"

"Uh huh!"

With one final ding, the Thwomp spun angrily more than he previously did. Overall, it was infuriated.

"NOOOOO! AAARRRGGGHHH! That's… That's right! You correctly answered five questions! I don't believe it! You win!" the Thwomp cried as they were taken back to the room, with the Thwomp not having a bow-tie on anymore. "SO…VERY…AAAAANGRY! I can't believe I lost! I guess I have to let you through! Stupid rules…"

The Thwomp spun around and it dropped a pink key. Chopper grabbed it and put it away as the Thwomp let out a "HMPH!" before going back to sleep.

"Yeesh, what's that guy's problem?" Chopper wondered. "He sure needs some anger management, doesn't he?"

"Well there's not much to do now. We might as well unlock the gate." Vivian suggested. Chopper walked over to the gate behind the Thwomp and unlocked it. Going through the doorway, they could see the walls and ground were light blue.

"Looks like we're going to need to get past those layers of glass," Vivian noticed as there were layers of glass up ahead. "This isn't going to be a big problem…except I see a Fire Block at the end of the doorway. So this might hurt a little..."

"Oh, no..." Chopper gulped as Vivian lit her fire on him, which made him run toward the glass, shattering it and smashing the Fire Block due to him going too fast. Thankfully, the flames on him were gone when he made contact with the block.

"Ouch… I hate it when my biscuits go on fire. Anyway, let's just check what we have here." Chopper suggested as he and Vivian headed on through the door and found a blue sky, a castle in the background and also a ground that was yellow, blue, green, and pink. What was also nice were the balloons that were in the sky.

"It's almost like a big party here!" Vivian squealed as she clasped her hands together. "It's really cute!"

"Nothing I've seen before," Chopper shrugged. "But man, look at this place! There are a lot of balloons here! And I can see some kind of orange missiles that a little higher up. I think there's a platform up there with a chest. Although... I don't think I can reach it."

"Let me get it," Vivian's tail got taller and was able to go up to the chest to see what was in it. A green shoe Badge was in there, so she tossed it down to Chopper, who caught it and put it away. "I could imagine us being in some toy castle with some toys. Don't you think that's kind of cute?"

"Yeah, I suppose. Let's see what's around here." Chopper suggested as he noticed some Goombas with tall, fake black hair like some soldiers. They were also holding some rifles. Not only were those there, but they can see some kind of evil clowns on some balls.

"It's almost like everything here is toy-like!"

"Whoa, these enemies are different. What are they supposed to be anyway? Clowns? I hate clowns…" Chopper trailed as he used his Beam ability to take out the evil clowns on the ball before heading to the next area. It was small, but they could see a picture of some toys dancing. The gate was in their way, and it didn't seem like they could get through, so Chopper began to think for a moment.

"Hmmm… Let's see…" Chopper looked at the picture at the dancing moves and then turned back to Vivian. "Umm… Vivian, you may want to look back. I think this might be a little embarrassing."

"OK, I suppose I will," Vivian turned around, and Chopper began to perform some terrible dance moves. He did some kind of handstand and looked at Vivian, making sure that she's not looking.

"Don't worry! I'm not getting on my hands or anything…nor am I going to stick my butt out!" Chopper assured as he began to spin around and afterward, he stopped and began to do the robot. Vivian couldn't help but look while he was preoccupied and was left confused.

Chopper spun around and made a pose to finish it off, which made the gate open. When Vivian noticed it, she immediately turned back to make sure Chopper knew she was looking that way.

"Wow, so that was it?" Chopper gawked. "I did not like that one bit… I'm freaking tired from that!"

"Well at least you're fine now," Vivian assured. "We can't sit around here though. We need to get going now! Before my sisters find the Crystal Star!"

"Yeah, you're right!" Chopper nodded as he and his friends Vivian continued onward. They saw a lot of weird things in this world, but Chopper began to wonder how much weirder they would get.

There wasn't much I could put into Toy Kingdom here, but we'll definitely have some more of this place next chapter! Yes, combining a kingdom with music and a kingdom with toys. You don't see that these days...

And I suppose this is for those who wanted to see the Toy Box in Paper Chopper instead of what I made it into. :P